Escondido, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/19/2013 -- The 4-Day Diet, designed by Dr. Ian Smith, is not unlike the majority of diets in that it is designed to encourage healthy food choices. Diet Doc also encourages healthy food choices, but unlike most diets, offers each patient a personalized diet plan specific to the individual. Dr. Smith has guided patients in weight loss for a number of years and recently developed the 4-Day Diet. The name may be somewhat confusing, possibly leading one to assume that it lasts just 4 days; however, four days refers to each cycle in the diet lasting a minimum of four days. The 4-day diet asks all patients to mentally prepare and journal for ten days prior to beginning the diet plan. The diet is composed of modules, beginning with the “Induction Module” designed to help remove toxins from the body. The next module, the “Transition Module”, reintroduces foods into the meal plan. The “Protein Stretch Module” consists of 4 more days of loading up on protein and the “Smooth Module” lasts another 4 days, allowing the patient to indulge in foods such as pizza, burgers, fries and hot dogs. Next is the “Push Module”, the” Pace Module” and finally the “Vigorous Module”. Dr. Smith states that reaching the final module does not mean that goals have been reached; however, the patient is mentally prepared and can then repeat the modules from the beginning until desired weight loss goals have been met.